Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: AP Credit.

Long Title: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: A survey of fundamental ideas, theories and approaches that have shaped the intellectual heritage of the social sciences. A foundation course.

Long Title: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Survey of how different disciplines in the social sciences treat public policy. Includes specific policy questions as a means of highlighting each discipline's approach to the study of public policy.

Long Title: POLICY ANALYSIS

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Familiarizes students with the analytical tools necessary for evaluating and analyzing public policies. Cross-list: POLI 338. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: CONTEMPORARY PALESTIAN ISSUES: TRANS TOWARDS NATION BUILDING

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Long Title: HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE 50 STATES

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Examination of those states that have undertaken comprehensive health system reform, have carried out more limited revisions, or have failed to even begin the process, assessing successes and failures. Includes general theories of state-federal relationships and the role of the federal government in state health reform.

Long Title: PHARMACEUTICAL POLITICS AND POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will introduce students to pharmacy policy, as essential aspect of public health. The approval if new medications, the differences between brand name drugs, generic, and over-the-counter drugs is considered along with the "shift movement," (presription to OTC status). The development, distribution, marketing and consumption of pharmaceuticals are influenced by policy. All aspects of these processes are affected by the pharmaceutical industry, government (the FDA), Congress, insurance companies, pharmacists, hospitals, physicians, consumer representatives and patients. Regulatory issues, controlling the costs, state - federal relationships, cross-border purchases, and the global market for medication are discussed. Normative issues and ethical dilemmas will be discussed. Course taught at the School of Public Health medical Center one mile from Rice University campus; attendance required.

Long Title: POLICY STUDIES RESEARCH SEMINAR

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 1 TO 6

Description: Advanced research in public policy. Students will complete a policy study or policy analysis in a substantive policy area. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: HEALTH CARE: COMPETITION AND MANAGED CARE

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Introduction to managed care and its distinguished characteristics. Includes managed care and market competition and impact on science in general and medical science in particular, as well as evaluation of how competition and regulation influence the development, assessment, and diffusion of new health technologies within the managed care framework.

Long Title: THE SHAPING OF HEALTH POLICY

Department: Social Sciences Division

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Study of how health-care policy decisions are made and implemented, using an interdisciplinary approach involving government, law, ethics, economics, and history. Includes case discussions of major policy problems by faculty experts in these disciplines and guest speakers who are leading national figures in the shaping of public policy. Class meets at an off-campus location. For information, call (713) 500-9491.